On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 12:00 +0200, Ron Rindjunsky wrote: > > > Tx command can be a combination of any of these flags, along with > > > bitrate represented by ieee80211_rate. this will allow legacy drivers to > > > switch easily to any 11n rate representation. > > > > Looks good, but I wonder if there's any chance we'll see a generic rate > > control algorithm use these flags? I.e. one not tied to Intel HW and > > hidden in the iwlwifi subdir. > > > I sure hope so. the problem with current use of ieee80211_rates is > since it is targeted for ABG rates you can have all rates ready in > advance in the ieee80211_rates vector, but as soon an algorithm will > need to move those rates to siso/mimo, 40 mhz, ect. each combination > will multiple this vector, ending in a very big one. using the flags > will allow any rate scaling algorithm to keep using current > ieee80211_rates vector method, with any flags combination suitable. Hmm. Can you explain the new HT flags a bit better? What, for example, is OFDM_HT? What happens when you select a bitrate of, say, 11MBit and have the 40_MHZ_WIDTH flag set? johannes
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